Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium hybridum
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Melanthium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum hybridum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melanthium hybridum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Veratrum hybridum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Melanthium latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melanthium latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Melanthiaceae in the southeastern United States (Zomlefer, 1997)
Veratrum latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-23-002:
Melanthium hybridum FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthium latifolium
COMMON NAME:
Crisped Bunchflower, Broadleaf Bunchflower, Slender Bunchflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mela4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110415_437
April Carroll County GA
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Ron Lance rwl_20220428_111737
April Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080726_147
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm080726_156
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Each tepal bears a pair of glands at its base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm080726_156b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Filaments not basally dilated, equaling tepal width at insertion point, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm080726_156c
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Tepals narrowed to a claw, margins conspicuously wavy and crisped, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm150712_474
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Stems 0.5-1.6m tall, a quarter to half of that floriferous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150712_477
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate, 25-55cm long, 1-7.2 cm wide, apex acute, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150712_481
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm150712_482
July Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm130922_472
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Capsule ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.3-1.8cm long, perianth persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm130922_472b
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm130922_474
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm130922_476
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Melanthium hybridum
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum hybridum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Melanthium hybridum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Veratrum hybridum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Melanthium latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Melanthium latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Melanthiaceae in the southeastern United States (Zomlefer, 1997)
Veratrum latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-23-002:
Melanthium hybridum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Melanthium latifolium
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Forb
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: Moist to dry forests, usually in base-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate (gradually reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual or staminate
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p421
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p164
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p033
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p014
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